Below are the 4 Senior Accountants & 4 Staff Accountants with Lawson & other systems experience. The Thor Group® provides senior accountants and staff accountants that know their industry, Lawson & other systems on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

What contributions could a senior accountant who worked in banking, food processing and manufacturing industries bring to your organization? Technical skills are composed of Lawson, KPMS, MAS 90, Purchasing, QuickBooks, SAP, TurboTax, AS/400, Inventory Management and Accounting as well as Great Plains Software. Educational background includes BS, Accounting and MBA, Finance. A key accomplishment was adhering to best practices and improvement of procedures for inventory control, and training of personnel.

Challenges like assisting in conversion of applications to a new version of Lawson, as well as developing procedures and preparing data for easy upload from Excel to Lawson were welcomed and successfully completed. Part of the job was to perform general ledger accounting duties for the federal employees’ health and welfare, retirement and thrift savings plan. Additional responsibilities were preparing a three-way investment reconciliation schedule from Hewitt buy/sell report, JPMC and GL as well as journalizing realized and unrealized gains/losses and investment fees for retirement funds. Some of the tasks were reviewing health and welfare vendor invoices, submitting for payment and journalizing entries to GL.

Other contributions were assigning entries to correct accounts, completing FTC commodity breakdown forms, and utilizing Excel pivot tables. The job covered analyzing financial information, recording assets, liabilities, profits, tax liabilities, as well as assessing records for accuracy, completeness, and procedural compliance.

Would hiring a senior accountant with experience working in financial services, and insurance industries help meet the needs of your organization? A key accomplishment was delivering complex projects to substantially improve accounting and finance practices. Educational background involves Bachelor of Business Administration in Management, Master of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance as well as Master of Business Administration in Operations Management. Technical skills include Lawson, Hyperion Financials, SAS Data Management, Crystal Reports, Workforce.com, QuickBooks Plus Pro, FreshBooks, Microsoft Office Suites, Access Database, Softrax, SQL Queries, Google Hangout, E-Verify USCIS, SmartStream, ePlus Procurement, LEKIN, ADP Payroll, DropBox.com, MS Excel Advanced (V-Lookup, H-Lookup, Macros, Queries, Pivot Tables), Oracle R12 Financials, Workiva (WDesk), SAP Series 7, JD Edwards Enterprise One, Sage (MAS 90), PeopleSoft and Salesforce.

Acting as a senior accountant for an insurance company, some of the duties were exporting data from Lawson into Excel spreadsheet, creating necessary backup for account reconciliations, as well as providing support for year-end close process by updating General Ledger and inputting journal entries, making appropriate adjustments. This individual assisted in fixed assets reporting updates for senior management.

While working for a financial services company as a senior accountant, some of the tasks involved participating in additional projects as needed to improve workflow processing, by creating process documents, testing, and providing troubleshooting reports to IT. Part of the job was to ensure that all entries were booked prior to month-end close, while creating monthly reconciliations for multiple entities within one organization monthly. Additional responsibilities were performing month, quarterly and year to date variance analysis, while recording any notable differences in overall performances of approximately 60 business units, as well as generating monthly financial analysis for international working capital variances.

Is impacting your organization with a senior accountant with work background in research, manufacturing and clothing industries a current business consideration? One main achievement includes establishing an overhead budgeting system using Excel to improve expense tracking. Technical skills include Lawson, Sage, QuickBooks, ADP: Pay Expert, Time/Attendance and Workforce Now Accruals, as well as Navision and IBM/Mac Literate. Educational attainment includes an Associate’s Degree in Accounting. This specialist is also ADP Certified.

While employed in a research institution, this senior accountant downloaded CIP and analyzed from Lawson/MS Query. Some of the duties involved training new employees in Lawson and analysis, as well as downloading monthly reports from Lawson for monthly analysis in Excel. Other tasks were downloading weekly sales and monthly for royalties including generating accounts receivable invoices in Sage, as well as analyzing monthly inventory via Excel reports sent by managers for 13 companies, and posting Journal Entry in Sage. Additional responsibilities were retrieving daily and weekly sales from SQL ViewPoint to analyze in Excel for multiple reports and submitting to management, apart from downloading weekly bonus reports from AS/400.

Part of the job as senior staff accountant encompassed accounts payable, weekly check runs, payable phone calls, all month end closing functions, journal entries, general ledger, accounts receivable invoicing and cash processing, in addition to petty cash and payroll processing. This accounting professional carried out month end journal entries, analysis, and financial reports for senior management, as well as assisted management with budgets, annual audit and human resources, including payroll.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this senior accountant with work background in media, financial services and hospitality industries? This individual adapts seamlessly to constant evolving accounting processes and technology including all end of the month duties, financial and management reporting, budgeting and forecasting, as well as yearend internal auditing. Software knowledge involves Lawson, Great Plains/ Microsoft Dynamics, QuickBooks, Episys- Symitar, Synergy Software, ACRU/Advance and Financial Edge Software. Educational attainment includes Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Contributed to the organization’s success by performing all general accounting functions, as well as uploading financial transaction records from Excel, in Lawson, from which financial reporting data was stored and exported. Some of the tasks were preparing the monthly reporting package, including the P&L statement, trial balance, balance sheet, and revenue reports submitted to the CFO for review. Part of the job was to audit and then post journal entries to the general ledger for 12 subsidiaries, as well as to post transactions and reconcile the accounts for the consolidated roll up.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by preparing and reconciling accounts related to funding of loans, transactions between members and banking institutions. Additional responsibilities were performing activities related to monthly closings, as well as preparing general ledger account reconciliations and journal entries when necessary. This specialist also maintained cash flow analysis on a daily basis.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a staff accountant who is adept in Lawson, Oracle, Great Plains and QuickBooks, with experience in manufacturing, software and real estate industries? Technical competencies involve Lawson, Oracle, Great Plains, TrueCommerce EDI, Lotus Notes, Cognos, Ceridian, Cosmos and QuickBooks. Areas of expertise involve all aspects of financial, project and cost accounting. Educational background includes Bachelor of Science, Major in Accounting and Minor in Management. This specialist is a proven SME on the Lawson ERP system and Certified as a QuickBooks Pro Advisor.

Main functions in a manufacturing company involved month-end journal entries, calculations, account analysis, account reconciliations, including multi-currency bank account reconciliations and intercompany entries. This individual was the lead financial person in all accounting functions for the organization’s Canadian business. Manufacturing census reporting on multiple company locations was efficiently handled. The job involved providing corporate assistance in all aspects of the Lawson accounting system while a new ERP system and new business process was implemented. An additional duty consisted of handling financial statements for the hot division (multiple locations). Capital project accounting was completed from small miscellaneous to large new product line projects.

Compiling budgets for multiple plants and reporting variances monthly for the hot division were other contributions. Responsibilities involved accounting set up, reporting, intercompany transactions and functional processes of the new innovations division. Creating pro-forma P&L for new products, track costing and reporting variances were some of the duties. Key roles included costing, analysis, research, budgeting, financial reporting and income statements.

Does your organization require the expertise of a staff accountant who specialized in Lawson, Sage 50/Peachtree, QuickBooks and MS Dynamics SL, with experience in aviation services, marketing and banking industries? Technical knowledge involves Lawson, Host Analytics, Damarel, Microsoft Dynamic SL, Sage 50/Peachtree, QuickBooks, Office Team, RapidMiner, Concur, SharePoint, CRM, ATX, Pivot Tables and Vlookup. Educational attainment includes MBA/Finance and Business Analytics.

Important contributions in an aviation services company included preparing and entering normal, recurring, payroll cross charges and intercompany journal entries for month-end close. Preparing the monthly accruals for 14 stations/airports across the States was one of the key roles. In addition, this individual recognized revenue by reviewing, auditing and uploading cash deposits into Lawson. Key roles were verifying, adjusting and posting recurring entries for month-end close. The balance sheet was reconciled on a monthly basis. The voucher/cash slip inventory for assigned stations was monitored and reconciled. Aside from reviewing all prepaid accounts, an additional task covered recording the expense for appropriate transactions. Monthly financial statements were generated for assigned stations.

Other functions involved reviewing, auditing and approving AP batches for assigned stations. Airport fees were computed and accrued. Computing fuel/diesel year-end tax credit in all stations and providing data to the tax department for return preparation were skills brought to the table. The job included reviewing and assisting in the preparation of annual budgets for all stations. Analytical review of month-end income statements was also handled, along with researching variances between actual and budget. NSF checks were monitored and reconciled. Variances between actual and budgeted financial statement results were efficiently researched. This individual assisted with the annual audit while compiling audit schedules as required. The annual budget review of the assigned client’s budgets was performed.

Would a staff accountant who is skilled in Lawson BI, Lacerte, ProSeries and QuickBooks with work background in pharmaceutical, accounting and marketing industries help your organization achieve greater success? Technical specializations cover Lawson, Bi & CPM management software, Laserfiche, CPR+ (Home Infusion Software Package), as well as BlackLine Yardi, Nexus and accounting software, in addition to QuickBooks, Lacerte, ProSeries and CCH ProSystems. Other competencies cover general ledger, account reconciliations, profit and loss monitoring, general/tax accounting, AR, AP, monthly journal entries and margin/revenue analysis. Educational background includes B.S. Accounting. This individual is a Certified Public Accountant.

In a pharmaceutical company, performing month-end close responsibilities including journal entry preparation, reviewing activity for accuracy, posting adjustments and re-classes in accordance with GAAP were primary responsibilities. Maintaining pre-paid schedules, for example, pre-paid rent, insurance and maintenance worksheets was part of the assigned tasks. This individual extracted data from various systems, such as, Lawson, CPM and CPR+ software to prepare month end journal entries and answer branch manager as well as regional managers questions. Preparing and analyzing account reconciliations were also efficiently performed. Corporate expenses were analyzed and compared to trend results.

Key duties consisted of maintaining the books and records for a portfolio of home fusion branches located in the South region. Financial statements were issued in accordance with accounting policies and procedures. An additional function involved preparing roll forward spreadsheets using physical inventory reports from general managers in order to CPR+ to the general ledger. Inventory variances were analyzed. A 3-way match and threshold margin analysis was prepared. P & L revenue and SG & A accounts were reviewed for accuracy.

How can your organization gain an advantage with the help of a staff accountant with skills in Lawson, Access and Cognos, who worked in wholesale and professional services industries? Technical skills cover Lawson, Access, Concur and Cognos. Educational attainment includes B.S. Business Administration/Finance, minor in Public Relations.

Main functions comprised of coordinating, updating and maintaining fixed assets and depreciation schedules in Lawson. Preparing financial management reports, monthly financial statements, quarterly reviews, annual audits, and annual budget for a company with over $150 million in revenue and high transaction volume were some of the duties. Other roles covered preparing general ledger entries and reconciling general ledger accounts. Financial data was also analyzed. The month-end and year-end closing process was coordinated. This individual developed a Lawson handbook to help with onboarding new staff. The new staff was also trained in Lawson. Preparing mid-year review, interim review and year-end audit work papers, as well as assisting independent auditors during field work were some of the duties.

Other notable tasks included reviewing and approving employee expense reimbursement reports in Concur. Intercompany invoices were prepared for pass-through expenses. Reconciling daily cash activities and bank statements were also handled. In addition, Microsoft Access queries were developed on an as-needed basis. Financial data was uploaded and reconciled in Cognos. The job involved sourcing electronic document workflow solution for cataloging AP invoices. ImageNow was designed and implemented. Accounts payable and employee reimbursement checks were prepared. Accounts payable invoices were processed. Biweekly payroll files were also prepared.